The first Nöel
Getting into the holiday spirit, we bring you Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar’s charming wink at process.
→ More
Against the grain
These exhibition catalogs and announcements for the Museum of Contemporary Crafts were created just a year after the museum’s founding in 1956.
→ More
Desk set
Chermayeff & Geismar’s promotional work for General Fireproofing’s steel office furniture neatly represents how they adapted their dominant styles to suit the needs of their corporate clients.
→ More
Six ways of looking at a piano
Ivan Chermayeff uses collage and collections to create texture and dimensionality, continually exploring modernist ideas about bringing process to the forefront.
→ More
The many trademarks of Chermayeff and Geismar
Chermayeff and Geismar published a spiral-bound portfolio of their trademarks in 1979, a precursor to the 2000 volume TM, published by Princeton Architectural Press.
→ More
The newest culinary celebrity
Chermayeff & Geismar for the State of Maine Cheese Company.
→ More
They might be giants
Icons of culture and folklore are interpreted by the artists of Push Pin.
→ More
Georgia’s always on my mind
Herb Lubalin was among the many designers and illustrators who contributed to the United States Information Agency’s 1962 graphic arts exhibition that toured the USSR.
→ More
Let me hear your balalaikas ringing out
Chermayeff & Geismar Collection: USIA “Graphic Trends” portfolio: Robert Weaver
The United States Information Agency deploys its secret weapon in the Cold War: designers and illustrators.
→ More
Words and music
Chermayeff & Geismar Collection Box 13 Folder 1: Concert Associates, Inc., Stecher & Horowitz announcement, undated.
Brownjohn, Chermayeff & Geismar’s playful experiments with type placement and scale for Concert Associates.
→ More (1)
Ciba graphics
Chermayeff & Geismar Collection Box 11 Folder 21: Detail from graphic from Sidelights for Ciba, February-March 1959.
Chermayeff & Geismar interpreted scientific data for Ciba Pharmaceuticals.
→ More
The Electric Circus
Chermayeff & Geismar design for “the ultimate legal entertainment experience.”
→ More
Love and joy about letters
From Love and Joy About Letters by Ben Shahn. New York: Grossman Publishers, 1963.
Love and Joy About Letters is a testament to Ben Shahn’s love affair with letters: the beauty of the letter forms, the liberating influence hand-lettering, and how the incorporation of letters added meaning to his art.
→ More (1)
What am I doing here?
What Am I Doing Here? by Abner Dean, New York: Simon and Schuster, 1947.
I was initially drawn to this book because it reminded me of the Chas Addams and Ed Arno collections from my dad’s bookshelf. There are stylistic similarities to the classic New Yorker cartoons, but Abner Dean’s work dispenses with their gloss to espouse a much bleaker reality.
→ More (3)
